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WordCamp Coming To The UK

If you’re a WordPress user in the UK and are keen to get involved with others to share tips and experiences about blogging with WordPress, take note that a WordCamp is coming to the UK.

Automattic Acquires BuddyPress

We could say that BuddyPress has a friend in Automattic, but following a recent development, it's actually more accurate to say that BuddyPress is a friend in Automattic.  BuddyPress was acquired by the WordPress parent company.

Mullenweg Indicates Over 30 Percent Of Blogs Are Spam

If you're willing to trust Matt Mullenweg, and believe WordPress is fairly representative of blog platforms everywhere, then have we got a statistic for you: it seems that at least 30 percent of all blogs may be spam.

Google Indexes New Blogs With Few Delays

Owners of new Blogspot or WordPress sites may worry that Google won't index them.  And we can't guarantee that Google will do so quickly, or even that the search giant will do so at all.  There's a fair amount of evidence suggesting that things will be taken care of sooner rather than later, however.

Answers To Your Blog Commenting Questions

I guess that could be the case if you’re not very serious about your blog. However, if you truly possess the passion to even take the time to blog, you’re going to want to make the most of it.

Create Your Own Blog Version of Twitter

It seems Automattic’s Matt Mullenweg and team have gotten the Twitter bug. In fact, they love the idea of micro-updates so much, they’ve launched a new WordPress theme that lets you create your own blog version of Twitter. They’ve named it Prologue. Here’s how it looks:

Times Helps Post $29.5M To WordPress

The popular blogging platform drew a sizable investment from The New York Times Company, which expanded its minority stake in WordPress parent Automattic.

Integrating Bidvertiser with FeedBurner, Blogger, WordPress

BidVertiser has recently added the ability to integrate its services with FeedBurner, Blogger and WordPress:

WordPress Pumps Up The Storage

Storage space at WordPress.com became more plentiful after Matt Mullenweg announced a big increase for free accounts to 3GB.

Tracking Blog Effectiveness

There are a lot of data points that can be meaningful for tracking blog effectiveness. That is, tracking what happens when visitors arrive at and engage with your blog content. It really comes down to the purpose of your blog. Metrics for a blog that’s focused on making a web site more search engine friendly by adding crawlable content and attracting links is quite different than a blog that’s meant to build thought leadership or brand credibility.